The Huddersfield v Reading Championship Play-Off Final was the last competitive club match played in England until early August.
There will be no league or cup games until August, but arguably June and July are the two most crucial months of the year for clubs.
They are the months when squads are assembled for the next campaign, and it is the time when the acumen of the scouting network is of paramount importance.
Managers may be be on holiday right now, but they will still spend plenty of time on the phone, trying to persuade targets to join them.
The latest player to be linked with a move to The Valley is Fleetwood striker, David Ball. Ball is a 27-year-old Mancunian who emerged through the Manchester City academy.
Following a move to Peterborough – and a couple of loan spells with Rochdale – he has been part of the Fleetwood revolution for the past five years, scoring 41 goals in 137 league starts for the Fishermen.
A clever player,he can also play on either wing or behind the main striker, and impressed in both games against the Addicks this season.
Rotherham are also reportedly in the hunt for him, and as a northern lad, a move to the New York Stadium may appeal.
Ball has the same agent as Jake Forster-Caskey, so hopefully Forster-Caskey will put in a good word.
The story is no more than speculation at the moment, but Ball would be a quality signing if he could be tempted to move south.
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